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Panel One: A drawing of two stick figures standing in front of a book shelf. The first one has a book under one arm and is holding an open book in the other hand.
Person One: (looking at open book) “All your books are full of blank pages.”
Person Two: “Not true. That one has some ink on page 78.”
Person One: “A smudge.”
Person Two: “So?”
Panel Two: The two figures are facing each other and the one with the book brandishes it as he gestures.
Person One: “There are no words. You’re not reading. There’s no story there.”
Person Two: “Maybe not for you. When I look at those books, I think about all kinds of stories.”
Panel Three: Close up of Person Two as he pontificates.
Person Two: “Reading is about more than what’s on the page. Holding a book prompts my mind to enrich itself. Frankly, I suspect the book isn’t even necessary.”
Panel Four: The same two figures. Person One is looking down at the open book he is holding. Person Two is holding up a fist in emphasis.
Person Two: “The whole industry is evil. Greedy publishers and rich authors try to convince us our brains need their words. But I refuse to be a sucker.”
Person One: “Who sold you all these blank books?”
Hover text: I just noticed CVS has started stocking homeopathic pills on the same shelves with–and labeled similarly to–their actual medicine. Telling someone who trusts you that you’re giving them medicine, when you know you’re not, because you want their money, isn’t just lying–it’s like an example you’d make up if you had to illustrate for a child why lying is wrong.
Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).
Comic by xkcd.com. Described by BlindGadget under the Creative Commons license.
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